# CVE-2022-49585: tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl\_tcp\_fastopen\_blackhole\_timeout.

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout. While reading sysctl_tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout, it can be changed concurrently. Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its readers.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dc2f19d8c2636cebda7976b5ea40c6d69f0d891
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a77a75a0e7f397550ab039f96115103e78dd5c69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afa5604e295046c02b79ccf9e2bbbf8d969d60e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/021266ec640c7a4527e6cd4b7349a512b351de1d

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